Re: [rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-09 Thread Danny Angus
On 08/08/06, Leo Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest example is all the debate surrounding whether or not the glasgow name is appropriate. Up until about a week or two ago, it certainly was accepted practice (just look around), and now 'suddenly' there's messiness. Its ok if opinions

[rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-08 Thread Leo Simons
rant It must be sooo frustrating for new projects coming in. They read the websites, read the mail archives, talk to loads and loads of people, and when they think they get it all right they send in a proposal. And then, more often than not, someone somewhere within the ASF sees something that is

Re: [rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-08 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
ABSOLUTELY +1! I also feel really terrible about our unprofessionalism when it comes to handling proposals. +1 for another list for proposal submissions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] and for this to remain for the current purpose. Sanjiva. On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 23:24 -0700, Leo Simons wrote: rant It

Re: [rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-08 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 01:17:25PM +0530, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: +1 for another list for proposal submissions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] and for this to remain for the current purpose. -1. Eww. Please not another list. Folks just need to exhibit common sense towards proposals. -- justin

Re: [rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-08 Thread Brett Porter
+42 (which, I believe, is also the average number of messages per single thread on this list at the moment). Anyway, I'm definitely in agreement with versioning policy. Podlings should comply to the latest agreed set at the time of entry, and then a more recent one on graduation (so even if

Re: [rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-08 Thread J Aaron Farr
On 8/8/06, Leo Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps we should try and seperate this somewhat more rigidly. Eg we could have a released version of all the things we want a project to do and/or comply with (this is our website) and we could have an in progress version of the same thing (this

Re: [rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-08 Thread David Blevins
A big +1. And I also really like the idea that the proposals contain the version number they were written against. -David On Aug 8, 2006, at 6:34 AM, J Aaron Farr wrote: On 8/8/06, Leo Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps we should try and seperate this somewhat more rigidly. Eg we

Re: [rant] seperate policy change from proposal discussion

2006-08-08 Thread Dain Sundstrom
On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:57 AM, Brett Porter wrote: +42 (which, I believe, is also the average number of messages per single thread on this list at the moment). Anyway, I'm definitely in agreement with versioning policy. Podlings should comply to the latest agreed set at the time of entry, and